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Astana, 28 July 2016. JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (“KMG EP” or “Company”) announces its operating results for the first six months of 2016.

Production

Total crude oil production for KMG EP, including its stakes in Kazgermunai (“KGM”), CCEL (“Karazhanbasmunai”) and PetroKazakhstan Inc. (“PKI”), was 6,078 thousand tonnes of crude oil (246kbopd) for the first six months of 2016, which is a 0.7% decrease over the same period of 2015.

Ozenmunaigas JSC (“OMG”) produced 2,779 thousand tonnes (112kbopd), 2% higher than the same period in 2015. Embamunaigas JSC (“EMG”) produced 1,407 thousand tonnes (57kbopd), also 2% higher than the same period in 2015. Therefore, the total volume of oil produced by OMG and EMG was 4,186 thousand tonnes (169kbopd), which is a 2% increase on the same period last year.

The Company’s share in production from KGM, CCEL, and PKI for the first six months of 2016 amounted to 1,892 thousand tonnes of crude oil (77kbopd), which is 6% less than in the same period of 2015, mostly as a result of the reduction of production at PKI. 

Crude oil sales

In the first six months of 2016, the Company’s combined sales from OMG and EMG were 4,168 thousand tonnes (166kbopd).  This includes 2,464 thousand tonnes (98kbopd) of crude oil for export or 59% of the total sales volume, and 1,704 thousand tonnes (68 kbopd) of crude oil to the domestic market. In addition, 3 thousand tonnes of oil products were sold to the domestic market; this material has not been included in the new independent crude oil processing scheme as it was treated before the scheme was established in April 2016.

Of the 1,704 thousand tonnes (68 kbopd) of oil supplied by OMG and EMG to the domestic market, 1,280 thousand tonnes (51 kbopd) went to the Atyrau Refinery (ANPZ) and 424 thousand tonnes (17kbopd) went to the Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant (PNHZ).

The Company’s share in the sales from KGM, CCEL, and PKI was 1,875 thousand tonnes of crude oil (77kbopd), including 922 thousand tonnes (36kbopd) supplied to export markets, which is 49% of the total sales volume. The domestic sales volume was 953 thousand tonnes (40 kbopd).

Oil products sales

As previously reported, the Company switched to an independent oil processing scheme in April 2016. As per the scheme KMG EP supplies oil to ANPZ and PNHZ for refining, with further sales of oil products through KazMunaiGas Refining & Marketing (KMG RM) under agency contract.

In the second quarter of 2016, KMG EP sold 761.2 thousand tonnes of oil products as per the scheme. A detailed breakdown of oil products sales is presented in Table 2 below.

Table 1
Production and sales of oil in the first six months of 2016 

Table 2
Production and sales of oil products in the first six months of 2016 

NOTES TO EDITORS
KMG EP is among the top three Kazakh oil producers. The overall production in 2015 was 12.4 million tonnes (251 kbopd) of crude oil, including the Company’s share in Kazgermunai, CCEL and PKI. The Company’s volume of proved and probable reserves excluding shares in the associates, at the end of 2015 was 193 million tonnes (1,409 mmbbl). The Company’s shares are listed on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange and the GDRs are listed on The London Stock Exchange. The Company raised over US$2bn at its IPO in September 2006.

For further details please contact us at:
KMG EP. Investor Relations (+7 7172 97 5433)
Saken Shoshanov
e-mail: ir@kmgep.kz  

KMG EP. Public Relations (+7 7172 97 78 87)
Bakdaulet Tolegen
e-mail: pr@kmgep.kz

Brunswick Group (+44 207 404 5959)
Carole Cable
e-mail: KMGEP@brunswickgroup.com

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